Aether Online - A VMMORPG RP inspired by Log Horizon, SAO, and Overlord

[Ookawa]

It has not been established whether there is permadeath or not, no?

(Really hoping that there is not, though...)

[cloudystar]

@PyroDash888
sounds like there is...which i forgot to say

YOLO

[Undine]

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[cloudystar]

lol we make an army of fighters now...who wants to update the list of characters now?

[ClocktowerEchos]

Rereading the OP, I realize that my idea might not be able to work in its scifi/cyberpunk apperance, that said I feel like a magician-like character could probably pull off the core idea pretty well.

It has not been established whether there is permadeath or not, no?

(Really hoping that there is not, though...)

@PyroDash888

Personally I'm all for permadeath (or some penalty for dying), gives the RP a feel of weight; running head first guns blazing again and again can only be so interesting. Plus actual character deaths do provide good plot elements.

[Rune_Alchemist]

Honestly, I am against permadeath as well.

@ClocktowerEchos
Considering my Character is going to be a Berserker who does just that...xP

[Ookawa]

Rereading the OP, I realize that my idea might not be able to work in its scifi/cyberpunk apperance, that said I feel like a magician-like character could probably pull off the core idea pretty well.

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Personally I'm all for permadeath (or some penalty for dying), gives the RP a feel of weight; running head first guns blazing again and again can only be so interesting. Plus actual character deaths do provide good plot elements.

@ClocktowerEchos

Well, yeah. But, seeing what SAO made out of that idea compared to how it is done in Log Horizon, for example, I find the prospect of permadeath a bit... bleh. Bland, I guess.
Penalty for dying, sure, maybe.

Also... I find it hard to believe that in such a world, if, like in SAO, player killers are seemingly pretty common, people would still trust each other to not slaughter you in your sleep or something xD

[Apokalipse]

Hello hi, @McHaggis and @Apokalipse pulled me over here and was like "look you'll like this" so now I'm here.

Currently creating a fighter-type char~

_{you guys all talk so much this is quite intimidating}

@Undine

You're welcome.

_{is it your welcome or you're welcome?}

[ClocktowerEchos]

@ClocktowerEchos
Considering my Character is going to be a Berserker who does just that...xP

@Rune_Alchemist

Wait, the shock and awe with loud noises and bright colors? Damn, time to go make something new up.
Might do an Onion Knight from Dark Souls for shits and giggles though

[Rune_Alchemist]

@ClocktowerEchos

No, silly.

The running in guns blazing thing. Personally, I find that sort of play style more interesting and challenging.

[vietmyke]

Wuh! I disappear for an hour and this place blows up.

I'm not too confident in our current party makeup, but I don't think we have that many DPS casters. We have Tis, who is a warrior archetype, so some parts tanky some parts damagey, we have Rael the rogue/dex tank. Gopnik the traditional tank. My character Allune was designed to be a support caster instead of a DPS caster- earth shield and stalagmite for defense, the summon for more offense/defense, and then planned on picking up more utility spells like an earth-based heal, stone armor for the party, maybe sand spray to blind enemies. We got Xander who i dont really know what he's gonna do, maybe shooty? Tengu is some life steal sneaky shadow person- survivable but not tanky and probably not too high on dps.

Thats all the characters I remember off the top of my head anyway.

[cloudystar]

@vietmyke
reminder to self, we all repost characters if not make links to them...

[McHaggis]

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[Assallya]

PKers?

*whistles innocently*

None of those here....

Proposed Character, Not yet accepted

Username: Ashen
IRL Name: Sarah
Age: 37
Sex: Female
Theme: I want to Kill You (By Darling Violetta)

Background: Sarah is a bitter, tired cubicle worker for a software company that spends her days doing nothing but poring over code seeking out small imperfections that inhibit programs from reaching their maximum efficiency. It is a tasking job. It is a boring job. It also is very sedentary which has led to her becoming a bit chubby. All in all, she is quite unsatisfied and will take any opportunity for an escapist fantasy that presents itself.

Writing Sample:
Ashen slipped across the killing field, past the muted gray corpses that littered it and recouped some of her limited health by reaching out and touching the corpses. From afar it would seem as if offering some form of last rites but no, she was siphoning that last of their life forces as the spun away into nothing. Already the corpses out of the corner of her eye were deresolving.

This was the part she hated, the low level grind. Fighting through hordes of chipmunks, rabbits and enduring the small tutorials. How she hated all of it. Mind you, she loved gaming. More precisely she loved the politics and the factions, the role playing aspect of the game. What was the point in defeating some meaningless computer construct? Did they feel pain, or get upset? No, she would much rather kill players or be killed by them in turn. At least then something happened, there was pain and pathos. One could reach out and exert their power over another.

Packing up, peering at the pathetic loot that had been dropped by the hapless constructs she considered the poor bastard she had murdered earlier. The poor bastard was only half her level, which wasn't saying much given she'd just started herself and she used him to tank through much of this boring crap before she kissed him to thank him for his help. He didn't even notice his hit points dropping until it was far too late and now she had all of his starting money. His items, well, they were useless so she left them where they lay so that he could recover them but that was only because they had no resale value.

The other reason she had that boy to tank was that she was horrible at combat. She fumbled at using swords and took several tries simply to nock arrows. That's why she had her skeletons, to handle all that mediocrity and so she could focus more appropriately on the movement of her pieces on the grand chess board. It was also why she liked being with other, like minded, people who also liked the politics, that liked the idea of ruling the game and not just being good at killing random monsters ad nauseum.

That was when the "Dark Lord" appeared. The pompous fool yammered on but thankfully his words were short but his claims. She checked her ability to log out and found it to be true. She had no idea what that meant. She didn't believe it to be true. It was probably just some stupid glitch and that idiot took advantage to incur fear. She had to admire that. If he could take credit for the hack then he was likely going to make everyone wonder what else he could do, what else could he hack?

Then ther was the other question. If he wasn't lying. Things would be bad. She still thought it was a quick and dirty hack but what if it wasn't? What happened if someone died now? Did they respawn back at the local temples? She was going to have find that out and for that she needed a victim.

Class: Novice
Level: 3

Stats:
HP - Calculated after acceptance.
MP - Calculated after acceptance.

Skills/Spells:

• Summon Skeletons: Summons a small number of weak skeletons to fight on the user's behalf
• Steal Life: With a touch this active skill steals a small amount of health from an opponent. It can also be used on a dead corpse but only once.
• Wall of Bones: Stout bones erupt from the earth and divide a battlefield making for smaller groups for a group to deal with. They can be broken down but doing so takes time.

Inventory:
Rusted Dagger
Tattered Robes
Health Potion [3]
Gold and Amethyst Circlet
Gold bracelets
Gold Anklets
Silver armlet

Storage:
21 gemstones

[cloudystar]

that witch person necro seems like one
@McHaggis

[Rune_Alchemist]

@vietmyke

I'ma mention that Tis is definitely gonna be more DPS. Her entire class build is gonna be built for pure offensive strategies and high damage dealing abilities. She's gonna hit really, really, hard probably.

Now, she's gonna have like zero armor and defense, and only a higher pool of HP to help negate that, but details details.

@McHaggis
...pay Tis enough and she'll consider it.

[McHaggis]

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[NarcissisticPotato]

In regards to permadeath, I find there's pros and cons to both sides of the argument. With permadeath, our characters would be considerably more cautious about a number of things. It raises the possibility of player killing which, although SAO doesn't touch upon it a lot, would have to be met with harsh justice which would be interesting to see playing it. Y'know, gritty and shit.

Non permadeath, on the other hand, makes death a bad idea but not an irreversible one. It has some meaning in that you could be watching your friends slowly slip further and further away from reality. It's a bit more intelligent and long-lasting but it obviously wouldn't carry such an emotional punch; a la Moonlit Black Cats.

Ultimately, however, as Jabber mentioned, we're having more of a focus on Log Horizon than SAO. Plus it could be said that unlike the creator showing up in Ep1 of SAO and telling them that if they die in the game, they die in real life, the Dark Lord did not mention death at all. I reckon we're going for non-permadeath then.

Alsssooooo, if we're talking about a lack of roles, I think there definitely could be a debate raised for having 2 characters max per person.

[McHaggis]

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[cloudystar]

@NarcissisticPotato
ugh prefer one character per person cuz managing if not knowing the 2 characters per person...yeah...